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1### [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
1### [Persistence Is Learned from Fathers, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm)
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3A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
3A longitudinal study found that adolescents learn persistence through fathers who follow good parenting practices. As a result, these adolescents saw higher ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm)
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5### [Get Me out of This Slump: Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
5### [Teaching Tree-Thinking Through Touch](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm)
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7With the NCAA men's college basketball tournament set to begin, college basketball fans around the United States are in the throes of ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
7A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond just play. ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm)
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9### [No Kids in Public School? You Still Benefit](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145743.htm)
9### [Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm)
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11Quality public schools benefit everyone - including those without school-aged children - and therefore everyone should play a role in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145743.htm)
11A new study suggests that head impacts experienced during contact sports such as football and hockey may worsen some college ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm)
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13### [Learning-Based Tourism an Opportunity for Industry Expansion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
13### [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
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15New research suggests that major growth in the travel, leisure and tourism industry in the coming century may be possible as more people begin to define recreation ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
15A small change in how teachers and parents read aloud to preschoolers may provide a big boost to their reading skills later on, a ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
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17- [Persistence Is Learned from Fathers, Study Suggests](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615103529.htm)
18- [Teaching Tree-Thinking Through Touch](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120604111121.htm)
19- [Head Impacts in Contact Sports May Reduce Learning in College Athletes](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516173721.htm)
1720- [Preschoolers' Reading Skills Benefit from One Modest Change by Teachers](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417080106.htm)
18- [Get Me out of This Slump: Visual Illusions Improve Sports Performance](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120313121729.htm)
19- [No Kids in Public School? You Still Benefit](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145743.htm)
20- [Learning-Based Tourism an Opportunity for Industry Expansion](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120130173333.htm)
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46 May 10, 2012 - The No Child Left Behind Act has bolstered language test scores but done little to improve math and reading scores for students in rural Alabama schools, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510141907.htm)
46 June 15, 2012 - From factory workers to Wall Street bankers, a reasonable proficiency in math is a crucial requirement for most well-paying jobs in a modern economy. Yet, over the past 30 years, mathematics ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120615114057.htm)
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68 May 8, 2012 - In the eyes of young college men, it's more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants to enhance one's grades, according to new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120508093921.htm)
57 June 13, 2012 - Each year in the United States about $135 billion is spent in training employees -- but those billions do not always improve the workplace because the skills often do not transfer to the actual ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120613133148.htm)
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77 ### [Peak Risk About 16 Years Old for Teens Misusing Prescription Drugs](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120507165557.htm)
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79 May 7, 2012 - The peak risk for misusing prescription pain relievers occurs in mid-adolescence, specifically about 16 years old and earlier than many experts thought, according to a new study. The results, based ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120507165557.htm)
68 June 12, 2012 - Unprofessional behavior among hospitalists is rare, but those who do behave poorly share common features, according to new research. American researchers spoke to 77 Illinois hospitalists - doctors ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612115810.htm)
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94 May 4, 2012 - Fifth graders in California public school districts that comply with the state's mandatory physical education requirement are more likely to have better fitness levels than students in ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120504172018.htm)
79 June 12, 2012 - Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120612101456.htm)
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105 May 4, 2012 - A psychology professor's research indicates that public school teachers under-challenge minority students by providing them more positive feedback than they give to white students, for work of equal ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120504143023.htm)
90 June 1, 2012 - The U.S. had the second-lowest proportion of students who used tobacco and alcohol compared to their counterparts in 36 European countries, a new report ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120601231349.htm)
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127 April 24, 2012 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is typically used by medical professionals to visualize the internal structures of the human body. By using MRI to study the brain, researchers found a method to ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120424095506.htm)
112 May 21, 2012 - Timing can affect whether females and minorities experience discrimination -- says a new study. Emails were sent from fictional prospective doctoral students to 6,500 professors across 258 ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120521132808.htm)
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138 April 22, 2012 - A small minority of today's university students don't use email and others are confused by the array of technologies available at universities. Yet many students couldn't bear to be ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120422231828.htm)
134 May 10, 2012 - The No Child Left Behind Act has bolstered language test scores but done little to improve math and reading scores for students in rural Alabama schools, according to a new ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120510141907.htm)
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149 April 17, 2012 - American women today are more likely to earn college degrees than men with women receiving 57 percent of all bachelor's and 60 percent of all master's degrees. New research has found the ratio of men ... > [_full story_](https://sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/04/120417113708.htm)
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